In this engaging and spirited book, eminent social psychologist Robert Levine asks us to explore a dimension of our experience that we take for granted-our perception of time. When we travel to a different country, or even a different city in the United States, we assume that a certain amount of cultural adjustment will be required, whether it's getting used to new food or negotiating a foreign language, adapting to a different standard of living or another currency. In fact, what contribu...

"Icouldn't imagine a finer or livelier guide through the world of opera. . . . [Levine] distills a lifetime of passion and insight into this immenselyenjoyable survey, and with the right comic touch to make you wonder how operaever seemed intimidating." —Thomas May, author of Decoding WagnerDespitethe popular success of the Metropolitan Opera’s “Live in HD” series, opera’s grandworld of soaring sopranos and breathtaking baritones—of tragic Rigoletto, triumphal Sigmund, and desperat...

The world’s most influential management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, updates and expands its essential guide to AI transformationIn the newly revised second edition of Rewired: The McKinsey Playbook on How Leading Companies Win with Technology and AI, five experienced McKinsey leaders deliver an essential and incisive update to their widely read guide to planning and implementing successful Tech & AI transformations.The book walks you throu...

The extraordinary activism of towering literary figure and great American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, after publishing the novel that changed American history.Alone among American novels, Uncle Tom’s Cabin forever changed the social fabric of the United States. It sold more than a million copies, energized abolitionism, and helped to spark the Civil War—but the book also transformed its author. After Uncle Tom’s Cabin follows Harriet Beecher Sto...

This new edition of Culture, Behavior, and Personality is organized into ve parts. Part I de nes the eld of inquiry, Part II presents a critical review of existing theories and methods, Part III expounds LeVine's unique Darwinian model of culture and personality, Part IV deals with the strategies and methods with which to study individual dispositions within the sociocultural matrix, Part V concludes with two essays on cultural and personality research including new advances and avenues of...

It is easy to believe God has abandoned us.In atrocities from Hitler's Germany to today's Darfur, the meek and the poor are left to fend for themselves. In the United States, we are menaced by violent terrorists who claim to act in God's name. Our own neighbors threaten us with an absolute choice between faith and a fiery path to hell.Robert Levine steps into the fray with What God Can Do For You Now. A leading American clergyman, he asks us to commit to a ...

Unearth a Gold Mine in the $1 TRILLION Junk Bond Market“Few experts in this area have been willing to share their inside knowledge with the outside world. None have done it as well and as simply and clearly as Bob Levine has done in his new book.”—Joel Greenblatt, bestselling author of The Little Book That Beats the Market“A great book by a great investor. . . . [I] recommend this book to everyone who wants to acquire some i...

Who are we? Where is the boundary between us and everything else? Are we all multiple personalities? And how can we control who we become?From distinguished psychologist Robert Levine comes this provocative and entertaining scientific exploration of the most personal and important of all landscapes: the physical and psychological entity we call our self.Using a combination of case studies and cutting-edge research in psychology, biology, neuroscience, virtu...

'Information wants to be free' says influential technologist Stewart Brand at a 1984 hacker convention. These words became the mantra that shaped the Internet, and the conflict he predicted has led to a revolution in the way that our culture is funded and consumed.We have come to demand free content online, mistaking the packaging of physical products for what we were actually paying for- the creative content. Newspapers are being pressurised to give their content away for free onl...

In Do Parents Matter? anthropologists (and grandparents) Robert & Sarah LeVine investigate the diversity of parenting practices across the world - from the USA to Africa, Japan to Mexico - and come away with a reassuring conclusion: children tend to turn out to be the same well-adjusted adults all around the world no matter the parenting style.Japanese children sleep with their parents well into primary school, women of the Hausa tribe (largely based in Ni...

It's How You Play the Game is a workbook for creating great results in your life. Although virtually anyone can improve their results by using the tools it contains, this book wasn't written for people who are "broken." It is intended for a broad group of people, from those who already "feel fantastic" to those such as Don Grooms, who say "I never felt better in my life – and I think it's about time I did!"You will especially enjoy, and benefit from this book if you are open to exp...

The extraordinary activism of towering literary figure and great American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, after publishing the novel that changed American history.Alone among American novels, Uncle Tom’s Cabin forever changed the social fabric of the United States. It sold more than a million copies, energized abolitionism, and helped to spark the Civil War—but the book also transformed its author. After Uncle Tom’s Cabin follows Harriet Beecher Stowe beyond her monumental first novel...